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Long-Term Disability Insurance

Human Resources

… Long-Term Disability Insurance Western Michigan University provides … faculty and staff with the option to enroll in long-term disability insurance. Coverage Long-term disability insurance coverage overview is in the Insurance …

https://wmich.edu/hr/disability

WMU Theatre Presents More Fun Than Bowling

Theatre

… Jake owns a bowling alley in a small Midwestern town. He is sitting on a hilltop where two of his three wives are buried. Lois was zapped by lightning while carrying a bowling trophy …

https://wmich.edu/events/74509

WMU recognized by area veterans as Purple Heart University

News

… faculty and staff. About the designation The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the United States armed forces who … in the armed forces." "One of the things I'm most proud of is our focus on empowering those who have served their … at the University. The Military Order of the Purple Heart is supporting distribution of the permits to eligible …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/31902

Jeff Abshear

Gwen Frostic School of Art

… Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies Jeff Abshear is a part-time instructor of art at Western Michigan … courses in Foundation Art and general education.  He is a painter, printmaker and book designer. In 2007 he was a … Ted Kooser, poet laureate, and Grey  Cowrie,   m inister of the arts of Great Britain . Abshear's Buckner Press …

https://wmich.edu/art/directory/abshear

Science and the Human Endeavor - Speaker Series - Claire Light

Humanities

… - Speaker Series - Claire Light Canceled - Claire Light This event has been canceled Jan. 19, 2017 | 7 p.m. | Lee … Lounge, WMU  “Diversity in Science Fiction” Claire Light  is a Bay Area writer and cultural worker. She has worked since 1997 in nonprofit administration, particularly arts in the Asian American …

https://wmich.edu/humanities/science-human-endeavor-speaker-series-claire-light

Vampire Academy Movie Based on Series Written by WMU Grad

College of Arts and Sciences

… in the United States on Friday, Feb. 7. Vampire Academy, is a series of young adult fiction that includes Vampire Academy, Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, and Spirit Bound. This New York Times and USA …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/author-richelle-mead

Calhoun County Veteran Affairs Scholarship

Military and Veterans Affairs

… Scholarship The Calhoun County Veteran Affairs Scholarship is a merit and needs-based scholarship available to those … shall be: Honorable and Under Honorable Conditions discharge from the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force or Honorable discharge from any previously mentioned Reserve or National …

https://wmich.edu/military/calhoun-county-veteran-affairs-scholarship

Room-and-board rates to rise by 3.5 percent for 2016-17

News

… Room-and-board rates to rise by 3.5 percent for 2016-17 Submitted by Anonymous (not … has allowed for significant improvements, incentives and discounts for students and families. In 2015-16, WMU operated … semester. Evidence of the long-term planning process that is focused on recruitment and retention is now visible in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31818

Michigan's salty lakes

College of Arts and Sciences

… Michigan uses tons of road salt each year, and while this de-icer helps keep the roadways safe, it also pollutes … urban lakes. “When road salt washes away, it dissolves in water and eventually ends up in the lowest point … in a watershed – usually a lake,” Docherty says. The salt disrupts a critical process known as turnover. “Normally, as …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/salt

Battling toxic blooms

College of Arts and Sciences

… while Michigan has faced numerous HAB events, the problem is not unique to our state’s waterways. In 2017, a team of … County, Florida coastline. Funded in part by the Enterprise Charlotte Foundation, the study aims to: 1) understand … systems for mapping and predicting them. “To accomplish these goals, we first extract statistical relationships …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/habs